Chris Todd has reason to smile after throwing five TD passes against Ball State (Birmingham News / Hal Yeager photo)We're here to reflect on Auburn's win over Ball State and -- wait, did the Tigers just score again? Check our video highlights below to see...

Auburn defeated the Cardinals 54-30 and now, as we reported Saturday night, needs just 28 more points to beat last year's season scoring total. The Tigers have eight regular-season games to do it, and will start trying at Tennessee this coming Saturday.

Auburn's offense? It's now tied with Florida for No. 3 in the nation in total offense, averaging 526.25 yards per game. Auburn is third in the nation in scoring with 181 points.

We have lots here, including our grades from the Ball State game, plus another do-dad, plus this link to my game story from Sunday's Birmingham News, plus Ray Melick's column from the game, plus a story by Doug Segrest on big-play Terrell Zachery and a notebook. All of those stories are two pages, so find the "2" at the bottom of each and keep reading once you get there.

There are 13 highlights in the video, plus there's a photo gallery of the game below from Birmingham News photographer Hal Yeager. The grades and do-dads are below the video.

TWO-MINUTE DRILL KEY MOMENTTrailing early, and later in a tie, Chris Todd hooked up with Terrell Zachery for a 46-yard touchdown pass. It was Todd’s second TD pass of the game, and really sparked the quarterback, in particular, and the Tigers, in general, to a huge offensive night.

STARS Chris Todd. He tied the Auburn single-game touchdown record with five scoring tosses, and he has 11 TD passes on the year. Hey, what’s going on at Running Back U.?
Terrell Zachery. He was the hot receiver when it mattered, and finished with five catches for 122 yards and two touchdowns.

WHERE’D HE COME FROM?
It was some mop-up duty, but backup quarterback Neil Caudle showed some real speed racing through the heart of Ball State’s defense on the way to a 52-yard touchdown. It was the first score for the junior.

GRADESOffense
Auburn again showed it could pass, not just run, and Chris Todd a school record with five touchdown passes. The Tigers rolled up more than 500 yards along the way. A

Defense
The Tigers held Ball State to less than 100 yards in the first half, but the Cardinals finished with too many points for defensive coordinator Ted Roof to call it a good game. A lot of the second-half points were against second-teamers and walk-ons. C

Special teams
The Tigers replaced another punt returner following another fumble. Wes Byrum kicked some field goals, though. B-

Game plan
The offense surely had to change things on the fly after losing Kodi Burns and Onterio McCalebb to first-half injuries. Auburn still piled up the yards. B+

Overall
There were reasonable doubts about Auburn at the start of the season. The Tigers answered many of them with a 4-0 start, but now the Tigers go on the road for the first time with back-to-back games at Tennessee and Arkansas. B

*(Note: While Auburn and Florida are tied for third in total offense, they actually have more yards than the first two teams. Auburn and Florida each have 2,105 yards. No. 1 Texas A&M and No. 2 Houston have fewer total yards, but are averaging more per game. Texas A&M and Houston have played three games. Auburn and Florida have played four.)

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